NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
LETTER RECYCLING By Will Nediger / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Small flute 5 Tries to beat
the buzzer? 10 Throws
together 15 Airport
waiter? 18 404 Not Found, e.g. 19 Energize 20 Not happy, to
say the least 21 Kitchen brand 22 Historical period spelled using only the letters of 2-Down 24 Singer who once spelled her name with a “$” 25 Word before
data or deal 26 Unlikely to be
talked out of 27 “That wasn’t nice!” 28 Revolutionary War hero spelled using only the letters of 13-Down 30 Website with a “Sell an item” option 31 Order to go 33 Enter the fray 34 Woman’s name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively 35 Fix 36 Snack items spelled using only the letters of 36-Down 38 Inner tubes? 40 Casual top 41 Ancient theaters 42 Prince of
Shakespeare 43 Screw up 44 Fund-raising org. 45 Be annoying 47 Garment that’s
often plaid 48 Sukkot
celebrant 51 Christmas
drink 55 Geraint’s wife, in
Arthurian romance 56 What assayers
assay 57 Butt’s end? 58 Many an office
worker’s problem 60 It’s imagined 62 TV demonstrator at the 1939 World’s Fair 63 Page 1, e.g. 64 Oscar winner with four #1 Billboard hits 66 Bass player 67 When it comes to 69 You can lend one without letting go of it 70 Jewel-case
holder 73 Combo-meal entree 75 Spanish “Listen!” 76 Mound 77 Future stallion 79 Tin lizzies 80 Basket part 81 “That so?” reply 82 “See you later” 84 Basket part 85 Put the pedal
to the metal 86 Word that might be helpful on a class reunion name tag 87 Rack site 89 Photog’s purchase 92 What a press
pass provides 95 Really impressive, spelled using only the letters of 39-Down 98 Chalked stick 99 Stern-looking 100 Many a year-end list 102 Alpo alternative 103 Drive-____ 104 No-good, spelled using only the letters of 71-Down 106 Include without notifying others, in a way 107 Bygone
deliverers 109 Cause of a tic,
for short 110 “The Master
Builder” playwright 111 Bagel topping spelled using only the letters of 89-Down 113 Penguins’ org. 114 Group of stars 115 Temporary tattoo
material 116 Writer Nin 117 Sun spot? 118 Track schedule 119 Much-abbreviated
Latin phrase 120 “Aw, rats!”
DOWN
1 It’s comped 2 Historical period 3 Double a score 4 Therefore 5 Jamaican export 6 Was dateless 7 Muhammad’s
favorite wife 8 Young ____ 9 Place to get
pampered 10 Nanki-Poo’s father,
with “the” 11 Glacial ridges 12 Whole-grain
cereal brand 13 Revolutionary War
hero 14 Jamaican rapper
____ Paul 15 Shade of blue 16 Armpit, medically 17 Ones not up to par? 18 Grandfather of
Alfred the Great 23 Aloft 28 Sarcastic response
to a fail 29 Basil, e.g. 32 Word before
“before” 33 Hypothetical 36 Snack items 37 Jackie of
“The Tuxedo” 39 Really impressive 43 Holder of shells 44 “Hey!” 46 Approve another
season of 47 Seaweed in
Japanese cuisine 48 Amount of jam
or jelly beans 49 Part of a
motorcade 50 Berth places 51 “You and I
have a deal!” 52 Roger in the Navy 53 Clandestine 54 Brand in the
dairy aisle 59 Breakfast spots 61 Relish 65 Took back
one’s story 68 Cherry
throwaway 71 No-good 72 Was mounted atop 74 Kind of medicine 78 In ____ of 83 Six things in
some six-packs 85 Neighbor of a
Montenegrin 88 Pep 89 Bagel topping 90 Slyly attracts 91 Gets back together 92 Extras 93 Nickname of Duke basketball’s Mike Krzyzewski 94 Huggable 95 Challenge for a college-bound student, maybe 96 Medical
inserts 97 ____ Creed (Christian statement of faith) 101 Actor Davis 103 Lead role in “Boys Don’t Cry,” 1999 105 Neeson of
“Schindler’s List” 106 Fostered 108 Ballot hanger 111 X 112 Dojo surface